| Website | gotuit.com |
| Category | Web |
| Phone | 781-970-5500 |
| info@gotuit.com | |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 1/00 |
| Total | $16M |
| Series A, 12/02 Highland Capital Partners | $6M |
| Series B, 12/04 Atlas Venture | $10M |
Gotuit is a digital media company that is one of the principal providers of video technology spanning the mobile, broadband, and cable media realms. Possessing a number of patents, most importantly concerning video metadata, Gotuit produces software and indexing services that allow for search and navigation of video content. With this technology, Gotuit is able to run Video On Demand systems for a number of cable operators in the US. Gotuit’s video technology platform is also being used by such major organizations as the National Hockey League (NHL) and by Sports Illustrated for its online broadcast of the 2007 NFL Draft.
| Website | gotuitmusic.com |
| Blog | blog.gotuitmusic.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | July 17, 2007 |
| Tags | video |
Having licensed music video content from Universal Music Group, EMI, and others, Gotuit Music lets users watch online music videos of popular artists for free. The site also has playlists for different genres of music, and allows for easy music video search as well. Using the Gotuit video platform, the site boasts that it has eliminated the waiting, loading, and buffering that occurs on many other video sites.
| Website | gotuit.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | May 17, 2007 |
| Tags | video |
Released in May 2007, the Gotuit Powervideo Suite contains the company’s patented video technology (used by organizations like the NHL and Sports Illustrated for powering video libraries across broadband platforms) so that publishers can optimize video experience and monetize libraries using keyword video ads. The Powervideo Suite includes the Gotuit VideoPlayer, Gotuit VideoDiscovery (allowing in-video search and discovery), Gotuit VideoMarker (allowing video scenes to be marked by employing the technology from SceneMaker), and Gotuit VideoMixer (allowing users to remix videos by manipulating metadata, so that remixed videos are not stored as entirely new videos).
| Website | scenemaker.net |
| Blog | blog.scenemaker.net |
| Stage | Beta |
| Launch Date | December 17, 2006 |
| Tags | video |
Scenemaker is the first social video tagging application available online. It offers a free and easy way for people to find the best parts of their favorite video content on the web. Users can now mark the best scenes from videos posted on such popular sites as YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe, and Daily Motion. The tagging process is simple, and the site even provides downloadable toolbars for both Firefox and Internet Explorer so that users can tag videos while watching them online. For users looking to get even more of the best parts of their favorite stuff, Scenemaker.net has “Channels” containing a number of different clips in subjects ranging from sports to comedy to news, as well as TV channels combining clips from shows like American Idol and Family Guy.